Musings about personal finance, real estate investing,
life in South Florida, historic house projects,
Snarfle the dog and anything else that strikes my fancy.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Risks of Cotton

I bought new place-mats at Pottery Barn this past weekend (in advance of a small dinner party on Saturday night and a visit from Mr. Sam's parents on Sunday). A wash and dry later this is what my brand new place-mats look like now.

And this is what they look like when I tried to reform them....

I have put the place-mats back in the wash and my new plan is not to dry them.

The cute Florida themed cocktail napkins that I bought at the same time, also at Pottery Barn, still look great after a wash.

Sam in the news

Details Regarding the Numbers

We don't use credit cards for day to day spending, we use our debit cards (easier to track than cash). We work off an annual spending plan, our form of a budget, and an allowance system for our day to day spending.

We own three investment properties, plus our primary home, in South Florida. We also own land up north. Our only debt is mortgage debt, but with multiple properties, we have quite a bit of mortgage debt.